MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8392, 6 April 1907, Page 6

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Mr W. P. James, S.M., occupied the bench at the Masterton Magistrate's Court yesterday morning. Timothy Donovan, William Costello and James McKee were charged with having procured liquor during the currency of a prohibition order against them. Donovan, who was represented by Mr P. L. Hollings, stated that he had not been locked up for drunkenness for five years. The Magistrate said that a prohibition order must be respected, and impossed a fine of 20s with 7s costs. Costello was fined a similar amount. In the case against McKee, who pleaded not guilty, Constable Kyle gave evidence as to visiting McKee's residence and finding beer in a jug on the table. The accused said it was a practical joke to deceive the constable. The substance in the jug was not beer but a mixture of tea, water and quinine. The case was adjourned until this morning in order to obtain further evidence. For having been found on licensed premises during the currency of a prohibition order against him, John Brown was fined 40s and 7s costs. Henry Long, John McLellan, and James Chisholm were each charged with breaches of the Stock Act by having exposed sheep infected .with lice for sale in a public saleyard. Each defendant was fined 40s and 7s A charge against F. Holloway, of having employed a shop assistant for more than eleven hours on March 16th, was adjourned until next Friday. The same course|was adopted with regard to a charge against Charles O'Donnell for failing to provide for the maintenance of his mother.